The Drexel Westphal Screenwriting & Playwriting Program guides emerging artists in their pursuit of a career writing for the stage or screen. Our discipline is about writing for production – rather ...

The recent renaissance in American drama would be unthinkable without the energy and imaginative daring of a group of gifted young Black playwrights. There was a time when dramatists felt obliged to ...

Current WGA members are asked to write a 10-minute play that centers on the themes of picketing or striking. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer The American Playwriting Foundation will grant $10,000 ...

Julian Meyrick does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Kumu Kahua Theatre, in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press, has announced the January 2026 prompt for Go Try PlayWrite, its ...

Cygnet Theatre has announced a partnership with the UCSD MFA Playwriting Program to provide commissions to graduate playwriting students through the Bill and Judy Garrett Finish Line Commission. Each ...

Zoe Lewis does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Five or six years ago, I decided to try playwriting, and now that's where I spend my free time. - Well, we're really glad that you stayed in the Akron area. - Thanks. - Akron is very lucky for that, ...

Lyn Gardner is a theatre critic and associate editor of The Stage. Read her weekly column every Monday. Playwriting competitions are often a launchpad for new writers who have found themselves unable ...

The Drexel Westphal Screenwriting & Playwriting Program guides emerging artists in their pursuit of a career writing for the stage or screen. Our discipline is about writing for production – rather ...